Notices by Flipboard News Desk (newsdesk@flipboard.social)

There are two bird flu strains hitting duck and chicken farms in the United States. @CBSNews explains the differences between H5N9 and H5N1.

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#BirdFlu #Ducks #Chickens #Eggs #H5N9 #H5N1

Ever since scientists discovered that most people on Earth have a small slice of Neanderthal in their DNA, they have been trying to figure out when and how it got there. Now, two research groups say humans interbred with Neanderthals for a limited period about 50,000 years ago as our ancient ancestors migrated out of Africa. But why did Neanderthals die out while humans survived? Read more from @NBCNews.

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#Neanderthal #Human #Anthropology #DNA #Genes

"President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate former presidential candidate and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services," according to multiple reports.

@politico reports: "The expected pick, which will roil many public health experts, comes after Trump promised to let Kennedy “go wild” with health and food policy in his administration after Kennedy dropped his own presidential bid to endorse the now-president-elect."

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#Trump #RFKJr #USPolitics #Politics #News #PublicHealth

Climate activist Greta Thunberg is in Georgia, attending a protest against the decision to allow Azerbaijan to host COP29, the annual United Nations climate conference. She and other activists argue the major oil producer is a repressive state with a history of ethnic cleansing, and the U.N.’s choice to hold the talks there provides “a chance to greenwash their crimes and human rights abuses.” Read more from @AssociatedPress.

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#COP29 #Climate #Azerbaijan #UN #Thunberg

A research team in the United Kingdom identified a new blood group system called MAL in which proteins called antigens are missing from red blood cells. They also developed a test to identify patients who fall into the blood group, which would allow for better blood transfusions and could potentially save thousands of lives a year. Read more from @BBCNews.

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#Blood #Health #Medicine #Research #Doctor

Hurricane Beryl becomes the earliest Category 5 observed in the Atlantic basin on record.

AP reports the storm inflicted heavy damage on Grenada and is now headed towards Jamaica and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.

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#Hurricane #Beryl #ClimateChange #Climate #Weather #Caribbean #News

A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel has voted against approving the use of MDMA in conjunction with therapy to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. MDMA, more commonly known as Ecstasy, is among a slate of psychoactive street drugs that have seen increased advocacy and interest for their potential therapeutic uses. The FDA panelists cited gaps in data and accusations of therapist misconduct during the studies in their decision. Read more from CBS News.

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#MDMA #PTSD #Therapy #FDA #Drugs #Ecstasy

Could snow trigger earthquakes? A new study in the journal Science Advances says thousands of quakes on Japan’s Noto Peninsula since 2020 could be linked to the region’s heavy snowfall, pointing to the weather correlating with “earthquake swarms.” While the study doesn’t say that climate directly causes the earthquakes, it suggests the rate of the seismic events could fluctuate depending on the weight of water on the surface and the movement of water below. Read more from NBC News.

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#Earthquakes #Japan #Geology #Snow #Snowfall

President Joe Biden is marking Earth Day by launching a website for applications for his Climate Corps jobs and training program, a plan that has attracted a lot of interest from young Americans.

NPR reports: "Eventually, the corps will employ more than 20,000 young people."

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#EarthDay #Biden #ClimateChange #USPolitics #Climate #News

Scientists from around the world are becoming increasingly alarmed by mass coral bleaching events caused by record-breaking ocean water temperatures. Water found to be as warm as a hot tub off the coast of Florida last year has moved to the southern hemisphere, infecting the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, as well as coral in coastlines in Brazil, Tanzania and the Red Sea. The BBC has more on the threat to marine life.

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#Coral #Ocean #Coast #Water #SeaLife

Experts are warning that a dengue fever outbreak in Latin America and the Caribbean could grow after 4.7 million people have already been infected this year, a higher number of cases than in all of 2023. The disease has exploded due to heavy precipitation from El Niño and climate change creating conditions in which mosquitoes that carry the virus thrive. PBS News has more about the disease and how to keep yourself safe.

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#Virus #Disease #Health #Mosquitos

An earthquake shook the Northeast of the U.S. Friday morning, including New York City, Boston and Philadelphia. Initial reports said it was a 4.8- or 4.7-magnitude quake.

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#Earthquake #NYC #Boston #News

A day after lava flows destroyed homes in the town of Grindavik, Iceland, the country’s meteorological office says the situation has “very much eased.” But experts say Iceland may be entering a period of increased volcanic activity, with eruptions happening frequently for decades. Read more from the BBC.

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#Volcano #Eruption #Iceland

The first U.S. lunar lander in more than 50 years rockets toward moon with commercial deliveries.

AP reports: "Astrobotic Technology’s lander caught a ride on a brand new rocket, United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan."

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#Moon #Space #NASA #News

COP28 climate agreement makes unprecedented call for transition from fossil fuels, but "cavernous’" loopholes remain.

CNN reports the document uses "vague language that could allow some countries to take minimal action."

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#COP28 #ClimateChange #Climate #FossilFuels #Environment #News

November 20th is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Since last year’s annual observance, 33 transgender and gender-nonconforming people in the U.S. have been killed, a new Human Rights Campaign report says. The organization declared a national state of emergency for the LGBTQ community in June, citing growing violence and a record-breaking amount of bills targeting the transgender community in 2023. Read more from ABC News about the report.

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#LGBTQ #Transgender #HumanRights

War between Israel and Hamas raises fears about rising hostility towards Jews and Muslim communities in the U.S.

AP points to "a fatal stabbing in Illinois, a gun pointed at protesters in Pennsylvania, vandalism at synagogues and harassment of staff at a Palestinian restaurant" as troubling signs.

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#Israel #Gaza #Hamas #News #Hate #HateCrimes

The White House unveiled a new climate jobs training program that it says could put 20,000 people to work in its first year on projects like restoring land, improving communities' resilience to natural disasters and deploying clean energy.

NPR reports: "The American Climate Corps is modeled after a program that put millions to work during the Great Depression."

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#ClimateChange #Climate #Biden #ClimateCorps #USPolitics #News

North Carolina is the latest in a wave of states passing anti-trans laws.

Vox reports: "Republicans in the N.C. legislature recently overrode the Democratic governor’s veto."

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#Trans #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBT #NorthCarolina #USPolitics #Politics

Who is replacing Dr. Anthony Fauci as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)?

Vox profiles Jeanne Marrazzo, a leading researcher of sexually transmitted infections.

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#Fauci #NIH #PublicHealth #Health #Disease #USPolitics